“’I was joking with some of the young people that we really actually need them to move in,’ said Daley (D., Montgomery), ‘because we all expect to retire at some point and we need someone to continue paying the taxes.’

“Her humorous comments at the Thursday event spoke to a harsh and potentially costly reality: Pennsylvanians are getting older, more expensive — and less taxable.

“The state’s senior population is growing at a rate 20 times faster than Pennsylvania’s overall population. By 2025, more than one in five Pennsylvania residents will be 65 or older, according to population

An ongoing debate in our nation is the question of whether our rule of law is a “living Constitution” or one that should be taken literally. The former says the Constitution was intentionally written in broad and flexible terms so as to change with the times. The latter focuses on the original words, meaning, and intent of the Constitution.

This debate has been raging since 39 of the 55 delegates to the Constitutional Convention signed the document. Three delegates refused to sign because they considered it a flawed document: George Mason and Edmund Randolph of Virginia and Elbridge Gerry of Massachusetts.

In the state ratification debates that followed, these three were joined by a host of other “Anti-Federalists” who also

Bernstine, Local Mayors Issue Letter Encouraging Relocation of Businesses to 10th District

ELLWOOD CITY – Citing a recently passed storm water management tax as motivation, Rep. Aaron Bernstine (R-Beaver/Butler/Lawrence) today issued a letter to business owners in the City of New Castle inviting them to consider relocating to municipalities in the 10th Legislative District.

Ellwood City Mayor Tony Court, Beaver Falls Mayor George Quay, New Brighton Mayor Tom Albanese and Slippery Rock Mayor J.D. Longo also signed the letter, which cited lower property taxes and no wage tax on employees as reasons to relocate to their municipalities.

“We know that keeping property taxes low and creating an environment where you can work effectively is critical to the

HARRISBURG — State lawmakers and business leaders from across the Commonwealth joined together today to announce the introduction of the House State Government Committee’s Regulatory Overreach Report and five pieces of legislation specifically designed to rein in overregulation.

“The Regulatory Overreach Report is a compilation of the findings from a series of public hearings that I convened to gather testimony from various employers, organizations and experts on state regulatory policy,” said House State Government Committee Chairman Daryl Metcalfe (R-Butler). “Without question, this report clearly demonstrates that it’s long-past time for the Legislature to avenge the ever-increasing injustices of Pennsylvania’s restrictive regulatory

Rep. Brendan Boyle (D-PA) on Tuesday introduced an act requiring presidential candidates to undergo a medical examination and make the results of it public prior to the election.

The Standardizing Testing and Accountability Before Large Elections Giving Electors Necessary Information for Unobstructed Selection (STABLE GENIUS) Act was introduced after President Donald Trump proclaimed on Twitter that he is a “very stable genius”:

Tell your Senator and Representative to VOTE NO on PA Senate Bill 172, authorizing speed cameras in work zones and VOTE NO on PA Senate Bill 251, giving RADAR to municipal police departments.

The object of speed cameras and RADAR is not the facilitation of safe, efficient travel but rather the issuance of as many tickets as possible.

First, officials impose deliberately unrealistic, under-posted speed limits on most roads in order to frustrate and criminalize virtually all drivers all the time. To make driving an unpleasant, slow-motion grind.

The law in Pennsylvania requires that posted speed limits be set according to something called the “85th percentile” standard. This is a traffic safety

Communities across Pennsylvania proving Governor Wolf, state legislature should never have looked to gambling as a “solution” to budget shortfall

Included in the massive, 939-page gambling expansion bill hastily passed in early November by the General Assembly and signed by Gov. Wolf is a provision for local municipalities to opt-out of casino expansion, which now over 1,000 municipalities have exercised.

However, that provision came with a tight deadline just weeks away — December 31, 2017 — and no requirement that municipalities be informed of the opportunity to keep the casinos out. Knowing the corrosive effect such gambling sites can have on local families and communities, the Pennsylvania Family Council put together a comprehensive strategy to communicate with every municipality, as well

Friday, January 12, 2018 The latest news from the State Capitol SEPTA Holds Outreach Events at Frankford Terminal for Reduced Fare Key Cards

SEPTA will be holding special Reduced Fare Application and Outreach events at the Frankford Transportation Station, on Frankford Avenue between Pratt and Bridge Sts.

As some of you may know, Senior Citizens and riders with disabilities who previously used Medicare cards to receive reduced rates on SEPTA are now transitioning to the new SEPTA Key Photo ID cards. Medicare and Railroad Retirement Cards will no longer be accepted for free- and reduced-fare rides beginning on Tuesday, Jan. 16.

Because the new Reduced Fare Key Cards require verification with medical documentation, the applications must be submitted in person